Quotes About Inquiry

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner.

We will that all men know we blame not all the lords, nor all those that are about the king's person, nor all gentlemen nor yeomen, nor all men of law, nor all bishops, nor all priests, but all such as may be found guilty by just and true inquiry and by the law.

In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

It's not up to the employer to decide or to figure out what religious problems you may have as an employee. In other words, if I'm inquiring about your religious peculiarities or whatever they may be, I'm invading your privacy about that.

Six months before the end of my mission, I was dogged by the press to give an answer about turning pro. They were extremely persistent.

It all comes down to probable cause: If you think something's up, maybe you gotta take a look.

We may not find the answers. We may not find Bigfoot. We may not find a chupacabra. We may not find out who was responsible for killing JFK, but we're going to keep looking, asking, probing. And one day - you know what? - we may get some of those answers.

Science is not a collection of facts; it is a process of discovery.

New questions can produce new scientific leaps. They can tiddlywink new flips of insight and understanding. Big ones. Paradigm shifts.

I grew up curious, and I always wanted to learn about different things.

People from different backgrounds approach a subject in different ways and ask different questions.

A big part of engaging kids in science is not getting the single, correct answer; it's being willing to work with students to discover the correct answer.

I asked questions when I was a stripling, and it is not my business to ask questions now, but to teach people what I have discovered.

Kids come out of the chute liking science. They ask, 'How come? Why? What's this?' They pick up stuff to examine it. We might not call that science, but it's discovering the world around us.

I'm trying to learn to ask myself: 'Before you dive in are you sure you are right?' It's always safe to assume I'm wrong.

Experimentation is an active science.

We haven't found anything that we can't explain at all. I hope that will happen.

The excitement lies in the exploration of the world around us.

Great telescopes like the Kecks allow us to explore the River of Time back toward its source.

Science is for anyone who wants to explore their world and understand things.

The things that keep nagging at you are the ones worth exploring.

I don't take anything at face value. I always look for the reasons people are the way they are.

Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.

You have to be serious, and you must have a constantly inquiring mind. But I find it's new music that really stretches me, both technically and as an interpreter.